Supporting farmers to improve sustainable agricultural production and adaptation to climate change

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Preferred language

English

Organization name

Center for Research and C

Year founded

2013

Initiative stage

Scaling (the solution has passed the previous stages and is growing its impact on a regional or global scale)

Annual budget in 2017 (USD)

$10k - $50k

Number of beneficiaries impacted so far

1,000 - 5,000

Organization type

Nonprofit, NGO, or citizen sector

Headquarters location: Country

Vietnam

Headquarters location: City

Vinh City

Location(s) of impact

Vietnam: Tan Binh commune, Nhu Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province

Website

https://www.facebook.com/corenacca/

Facebook URL

https://www.facebook.com/corenacca/

Problem: What problem is this initiative trying to address?

31.9% of Tan Binh is classified as poor, with 210 households headed by single women or ethnic minorities. 95% work in agriculture. Before the project, the average income per capita of poor households was 330,000 VND/person/month. Farmers misused industrial products like chemical fertilizer and industrial foods, which had high costs and low efficiency. They operated on a small scale and livestock often got sick .

Solution Summary: What is the proposed solution? What do you see as its most promising aspects for creating shared value?

Financial sustainability plan: How is this initiative financially supported? How will you ensure its financial sustainability long-term?

After the project finished, the leaders of the commune fully comprehended the techniques of the models. Local authorities committed to replicating this model into other villages. CORENACCA recently began a replicated project in the Thanh Chuong district of Nghe An province, in partnership wtih Vietnamese organization CHIASE and German organization INKOTA.

Unique value proposition: What makes your initiative innovative? How does your project differ from other organizations working in the same field?

Adapts to climate change, and reduces pressure especially on village women and women participants.

Founding story: Share a story about the "Aha!" moment that sparked the beginning of this initiative.

For decades, agricultural production in the poorest communes of western central Vietnam have relied on small-scale subsistence models that were poorly adapted to the environment and often insufficient. Furthermore, in the poorest regions, these models were propagated by either single-women-headed households, ethnic minority households, or both. The models often improperly utilized expensive materials such as chemical fertilizer and industrial food products, leading to high inefficiency. With CORENACCA's expertise and agricultural qualifications, we realized that there were much more environmentally-friendly and efficient ways for these communes to adapt agricultural procedures.

Where did you hear about the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Prize?

Upon recommendation from others

Evaluation results

2 evaluations so far

1. Overall evaluation

5 - This idea rocked my world. It’s awesome! - 0%

4 - This idea seems really exciting. With a little more polishing, it’d be among my favorites. - 50%

3 - I think the idea is great, but it needs some work before it moves onto the next round. - 0%